It was good to be back together again, thank you all
for an interesting evening.
We confirmed the details
of the talk by Colin Harris on the 16th Sept.
We had a discussion on
how easy it is to lose saved data as things like floppy disk slots are not
available on the modern computers.
Brenda is attending a
seminar on schools 1844 to 1864 and asked if we have any notes that cover those
years.
Jenny told us she has
been working on her Notley ancestors from Cerne Abbass, one Thomas Notley went
to America where he became a Judge in the 1600s.
Geoff related his work as
a volunteer in the Devon Record Office. He has been cleaning and listing papers
from the Payne family of Uffculm. It is a huge task and painstaking using a
sponge to remove years of dust.
David told us about his
research with Roger into the River Otter area at Fenny Bridges. This research
confirms the name of the Roman Road in the area:
“The Roman Road at Fenny
Bridges is usually considered to be the most south westerly end of the Fosse
way from Exeter to Lincoln. The Fosse Way represents the first Roman/British
'frontier' line established in the first few years of the Roman take over.
'Street Pol'(meaning the pool by the road) is a marker in the Anglo Saxon
boundary clause from Ottery's 1061 Charter. It refers to quite a large pool in
the river Otter located on the south of the old A30 at Fenny Bridges. It was
still there in the 1840s and is recorded on Ottery's tithe map (clip attached).
It had disappeared by the time of the first large scale OS maps in the 1880s
although the straight bank on the southern edge of the pool is still easy to
spot.”
They have also found
various records detailing the bridges, floods and lack of repairs. A trust of
ten men was set up to correct the problems:
Hon. William Wells
Addington, Sir Edmund Lansdown Prideaux, Bart. Sir John Kennaway, John ?
Oliphant Esq., William Porter Esq., Charles Gordon Esq, Edward Simcoe Drewe
Esq.,William Rennell Coleridge Esq., Daniel
Bishop Davy Esq. and Rev John Huyshe this is dated 19 Sep 1750.
Other local names are
Skinner, Northcote, Wright, Kirkham and
Pring.
David also noted that the
name of the stream running through Feniton was called
the Fine and the name of the village derived from this phonically as the V and
F sound very similar.
I omitted to say at the
meeting that Jenny and I have put together a general history of the village to
be used as part of the Neighbourhood Plan. I attach my document, which may well
become an aid to the writing of our village book?
Next meeting is booked in
the Nog Inn on 1st October at
8pm. Looking forward to seeing you all on the 16th Sept for Colin’s
talk, just some help needed with teas and the door. Thank you.
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